I like GitHub’s contribution calendar, so I built it as one feature in a personal task manager app.

That is a side project that I have been working on for more than a year.

How the story began …

As a software engineer, I spent a lot of my time with GitHub, and I love the tiny green dots in its contribution calendar. And I felt that feature gives motivation for its user to contribute more and more. After discussion with other developers, they shared the same feeling.

Then, I came up with an idea to build a personal task manager app that shows the user activities in a similar way. Then, during the development, the feature list has been grown more and more. And I named the app Tinido with a slogan: “Do tiny things”. Aha, it sounds cool. I hope that this app can manage small tasks and encourage users to complete these smalls steps continuously.

I thought it is just a small side project…

After having the idea, I started drawing down the features list and sketched the app UI design. While writing and sketching, new small ideas about how the app looks and works increased, and I could not stop it.

The following is the list of features that I have completed so far.

• Create task lists with your most important to-dos
• View, edit, and manage tasks
• Add tags, notes to any task
• Set a due date, reminder, and priority
• Search and sort tasks inside a list
• See your weekly and monthly activities
• Get and be able to spread inspirational quotes for motivation
• UI/UX for adding tasks and managing tasks are intuitive
• Support both light and dark mode

Oh, almost forgot, here is the app link if you want to try.
https://tinido.com

I am going to share my experience about the development process including designing and coding in another blog post.

Besides, I am happy to hear your feedback and suggestion for improvement.